Acute stress symptoms, dissociation, and depression among rescue personnel 24 hours after the Bet-Yehoshua train crash: The effects of exposure to dead bodies

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 461-465

  Ben Ezra, Menachem ^a   Palgi, Yuval ^a,b   Essar, Nir ^c   Sofer, Hilik ^d   Haber, Yeela ^e  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Psagot Institue   (Israel)

^d MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^e OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

domestic disaster; exposure to dead bodies; Israel; post traumatic symptoms; rescue personnel

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ACUTE DISEASE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEPRESSION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAILWAY; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESCUE WORK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TIME;

ACCIDENTS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEPRESSION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAILROADS; RESCUE WORK; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 61449184552     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00006208     Document Type: Article

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